Jonah, the Monster Jam(m)er. Jonah, the Monster Jam(m)er. For the past few weeks, members of the R&D department at SOLIDWORKS have been pouring over monster truck designs. They’re now cozy with the designs and dimensions of some of the regulars at Monster Jam, a massive event where monster trucks compete in races and perform freestyle stunts.

The island nation of Malta has a rich history and culture. It’s capital, Valletta is a European Art City and a World Heritage City. Fab Lab Valletta brings together education and entrepreneurship for a community of designers and makers. Director, Milan Noro, provided us with the story on how Fab Lab Valletta is making a difference in his community and the global Fab Lab network.

When the SOLIDWORKS team was introduced to the Magic Wheelchair organization at Maker Faire, we found our new design-make project! Magic Wheelchair builds epic costumes for kiddos in wheelchairs at no cost to families. SOLIDWORKS is a sponsor of the Magic Wheelchair organization, providing SOLIDWORKS software to volunteer design teams. Ryan Weimer and Lana Weimer started as parents wanting to make their sons smile at least one day a year (on Halloween) when they parade down the street and are

The Cubie Team: Annie, Chinloo, and Sal. Featuring The Cubies and Abhishek Bali The Cubie Team: Annie, Chinloo, and Sal. Featuring The Cubies and Abhishek Bali If you ever have the chance to visit the DASSAULT SYSTEMES campus in Waltham, MA, you’ll initially be greeted with what looks like an ordinary office. Inside the Water Building, pods of cubicles dot the wide, open floor plan.

Mods is a fabrication platform developed by MIT Center for Bits and Atoms, Dr. Neil Gershenfeld. Mods provides a set of software tools for personal fabrication, intended for use with machines common to Fab Labs, Shawn Liu introduces mods and the integration between mods and SolidWorks. mods and xDesign Fab labs provide widespread access to modern means for invention. They began as an outreach project from MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms (CBA), and became into a collaborative and global network.

SOLIDWORKS Dana Hall Career Day 8th Graders from Dana Hall When most of us were kids, Career Day meant impatiently jiggling our legs under our desks, while Tommy Y.’s dad droned on about selling insurance, only to be followed by Laura V.’s mom trying to get us amped up on accounting. On January 12, the 8th grade class at Dana Hall had an entirely different experience. They had, you might say, a 3DEXPERIENCE. Organized and led by User Experience Design Senior Manager Chinloo Lama, the group of

SOLIDWORKS World 2018 February 4-8, Los Angeles, CA brings educators and researchers to share student success stories at all levels of instructions. We are fortunate this year to have Paul Clinton and Ben Nubel from Engineering Technology teachers from Cherokee Trail High School. Their breakout session, “Design and Fabrication Projects using SOLIDWORKS” will show student examples from engineering to art as they prepare graduates for higher education and job-ready skills for our SOLIDWORKS

The Dassault Systemes 3DEXPERIENCE Lab Boston, located in the North American Headquarters at Waltham, MA, has two components – a Startup Accelerator and a Fab Lab. The Accelerator works with early to mid-stage startups that focus on new technologies and products that can shift the scales of Innovation across domains of City, Life, Lifestyle, Internet of Things and Ideation. These startups have access to a state-of-the-art Fab Lab with mentorship and support from Dassault Systemes (DS) community.

This year’s SAE AERO Design West competition took place in the heart of the USA, nestled right in Fort Worth Texas. Students from all around the world and from different walks of life, filled the hotel lobby with propellers, DC motors, and aerodynamic fuselages, as they marched their planes in and out of the judges’ arena. Day 1 of the event was all about technical qualifications. A warm Texas morning welcomed the teams to the Thunderbird Field that hosted the Day 2’s agenda: Flight.

Fab12 Shenzhen Makers from over 60 countries come to Shenzhen Fab12 this week to celebrate Fab Labs and explore the future of Fabrication at the 12th Fab Lab Conference and Symposium. Shenzhen outside Sheraton The city of Shenzhen is quite the host in a city filled with Incubators and Makers, there is no shortage of design, fabrication and creation. “Fab Lab, short for Fabrication Laboratory is a digital design and fabrication prototyping platform that enables anyone, anywhere to make almost

Open Photo Fab Lab Rwanda FAB LAB Rwanda opens this week providing a shared space for education, community, and entrepreneurship. As the first FAB LAB in central Africa, this new initiative is part of our commitment to the designers and makers in Rwanda. Neil at Fab Lab Rwanda The FAB LAB concept was started by Neil Gershenfeld, Director of MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms (CBA). Fab Lab is the educational outreach component of CBA, an extension of its research into digital fabrication and

SolidWorks Interface with Sindoh Friday night and another date night to look into 3D Printing. Thanks to our new SOLIDWORKS partner, Sindoh, it’s time to bring home a bottle of wine and share with my husband, David, a new 3DPrint technology, 3Dwox. Hats off to the engineers at Sindoh. This 3D Printer is easy to unpack.

Baylor_Baja_2015 One of the best parts about going to SOLIDWORKS WORLD is catching up with friends you meet once a year – every year at SOLIDWORKS WORLD. There will be new faces this year on stage, in breakout sessions, and at the Partner Pavilion. Educators and researchers from all over the world are joining this event. If you cannot come, you can still attend the live streaming of the event by registering http://sww16.wavecast.io/ How Fab Labs Go Started Monday General Session will feature

SolidWorks Vists FabLab Manchester Truss by Canel Manchester, UK, a city known for the Industrial Revolution, now is home to one of the largest revitalization areas of engineering design technology. FABLAB Manchester UK is a great example of how the Fab Foundation is bringing together .org through community, .edu through education, and .com through entrepreneurship. FABLAB Manchester & Ellesmere PortUK Manager, Dr David Armson shared his vision during last month’s visit. David and I met 2 years

FabLabs Around the World This week it’s all about FAB11, the digital fabrication conference that welcomes 500 FAB LABS to share their history, ideas and dreams, teaching the world that they can make almost anything. SolidWorks tshirts at Fab11 Directors of Fab Labs share their stories of community, education and entrepreneurship. SOLIDWORKS is the founding CAD partner of the Fab Foundation and is helping out at the event. Dancing at Fab11 Every morning the audience stands up to “fabercize” in

dog at beach It’s almost summer. Going to the beach? Are you hosting a Science Technology Engineering Math (STEM) camp, robotics camp, Maker camp, Fab Lab camp or engineering camp this summer? All campers and their mentors have access to our FREE download of the SOLIDWORKS Student Engineering Kit for the summer!

Confirming the Parts On Saturday night, my husband David, proposed a great date. He asked, “how would you like to stay home tonight and assemble the e-NABLE hand.” This was a great idea for two engineers! My work with Fab Labs, Sarah Boisvert’s Lend a Hand to Make a Hand project, and schools using SOLIDWORKS and 3D Printers to create prosthetics, made me realize that I have seen many hands being printed, but I never assembled one.

In the beautiful, northern valley of Vobrano, Italy, the school, Istituto di Istruzione Superiore Giacomo Perlasca, finds itself surrounded by innovative SOLIDWORKS commercial customers and the Brescia Fab Lab. The area is filled with examples in engineering and art history. The mountains also look upon new technology, recognizing the importance of 3D design and digital prototyping. Our Value Added Reseller, Alessandro Tornincasa, from Nuovamacut sponsored a Certified SolidWorks Associate (CSWA)

Kenosha SMV Team Loves SolidWorks Union Grove HS Students The International Technology and Engineering Educators Association (ITEEA) had its 77th annual conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, last week. Master Cam at ITEEA Statasys at ITEEA I’ve been to ITEEA for a numbers of years, but this year something was different. Yes, Milwaukee is a great city. Teachers joked of a “beer and motorcycles” theme.

Fab Lab Boston FAB LABS are advanced digital fabrication laboratories that consist of design and manufacturing tools to people in a community promoting local entrepreneurship and education. Users learn to design and create objects of personal interest or importance. Fab Foundation SolidWorks Partnership At SOLIDWORKS WORLD, the FAB Foundation, responsible for 340 FAB LABS and 30 Fab Academies, brings to SOLIDWORKS users an experience of this vibrant user community of Fabbers, makers and STEM